My first in situ pictures ever today sat 4-25-09

[Tnmountains]

I was bound and determined to take some in situ pictures for the first time. I had visions of holding a nice CW CS buckle and my camera snapping away. So I got up early and got my metal detector and headed out to a site I have been wanting to try. On the way there I took the back road(mistake) and saw one of my old fields and it looked like it had been flattened by the rain. Well I pulled over grabbed my flipping stick and never made it to my metal detecting site.
The finds are not that great but I did take a camera. I found two decent points and one scraper and lots of brokes and drops. Sorry I ended up flipping more than clicking but its a start. This site is early woodland and has no bone or pottery. The plow has chewed it up for years and it has slowed down on finding much decent stuff.
I have so enjoyed seeing everyones in the field photos on here and I had to give it a try. Hopefully the pictures and finds will be better when we start hitting the rivers in a couple of weeks.
The metal detector will have to wait as well.
TnMountains

 

[Bent-Twig]

I hope you keep taking that camera w/you!!

I love InSitu shots!!


Twig.

 

[Tnmountains]

I hope you keep taking that camera w/you!!

I love InSitu shots!!


Twig.

Thanks twig I will get better ,promise.

TnMountains

 

[Th3rty7]

Those are good pics Tn, I like that blue flint, nice material. I've got a triangular point exactly like the one you found, concave base and cortex on both ears. thanks for sharing.

 

[Tnmountains]

Those are good pics Tn, I like that blue flint, nice material. I've got a triangular point exactly like the one you found, concave base and cortex on both ears. thanks for sharing.

Aw your welcome thrty7. It was more fun to me than pulling out something I had already found. Now days finding one point can be a good day and the camera thing was fun.Good news is got permission to hunt a valley field where only one flint material is found. Its real rare and a beautifil brown. Excited. They are the same type with the concave base and cortex ears.
Cya thirty7

 

[Charmin]

Those are wonderful pictures, TnMountains! It was hard for me to train myself not to pick the point up before taking the pictures! And isn't it hard to decide whether to go metal detecting or arrowhead hunting?
You did good!
Kind regards~~sandcreek4

 

[jamey]

way to go tn mountains,ya im glad you left it at home also. jamey

 

[creek astronaut]

nice finds,and great pics!keep clicking them off.

 

[Americus]

I love in situs. Nice finds. Thanks for posting.

 

[blindpig]

Hay Tn Mountain , I'd say " you don't have to get better , ..just a bit luckier" your pic's are great !! As Bent-twig & others have said , I too love the insitu pic's ! Now , I don't "point-hunt" out here in California anymore , but I have started tak'n "insitu" pic's of Gold-Nuggets when I'm out "Nugget-shoot'n". I must say , it does take a bit of self-control to reach for the camera , rather then the point/ nugget , ... that's just fighting nature , that is !!
thank's for the look , Blindpig

 

[Tnmountains]

Those are wonderful pictures, TnMountains! It was hard for me to train myself not to pick the point up before taking the pictures! And isn't it hard to decide whether to go metal detecting or arrowhead hunting?
You did good!
Kind regards~~sandcreek4

Yes its very hard to decide which one but you all have inspired me
Thanks gregrocks Americus and yes Blindpig it is very hard to do. I took a lot on my hands and knees to only find a broken one or a knapped piece. One I got I just flipped and it was a snapped stem base style which I really like.
Thanks Jamey I am glad I went also and look forward to you coming this way for a river hunt one day this summer.
TnMountains

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Great job TnMoutains!!

You did a really good job on your in situ pictures.

Congrats on your finds and thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[pickaway]

Nice pics & finds congrats...

 

[Pinellas Man]

There's nothing wrong with those pics. 8) Thanks for posting them.

 

[DemonCatSpaceStar]

Very Cool artifacts, very nice pics!

 

[Tnmountains]

Thanks guys, I appreciate your kind words

 

[11KBP]

I was bound and determined to take some in situ pictures for the first time.
I have so enjoyed seeing everyones in the field photos on here and I had to give it a try. Hopefully the pictures and finds will be better when we start hitting the rivers in a couple of weeks.
TnMountains

Excellent pictures Tn. I wish the first in situ pictures I took were as sharp as yours.

 

[Tnmountains]

11kbp

That is by far one of the best in-situ picture I have ever seen. The panoramic veiw with that blade laying there for hundreds maybe thousands of years is breathtaking. That photo really tells a story in itself. I think you should do a post saying post your best in-situ picture here and start with that one.
Being a novice I think what I was trying to show was just the in-situ never being touched and then removed from that exact spot and showing the spot where it lay. Your veiw gives me a better perspective of what to try for. I think I may have been thinking a little narrow minded.
Of course a little bigger artifact might have helped mine,,,LOL
Do you still have that find??
Thanks for the advice and sharing the picture.
TnMountains

 

[11KBP]

Do you still have that find??
Thanks for the advice and sharing the picture.
TnMountains

Yes Tn, I still have that find.

This large biface was a streambed find and water-wear makes it somewhat difficult to see some of the flaking.
The material is Spanish Diggings ortho-quartzite from southeastern Wyoming.

 

[Tnmountains]

And just think. We are but a fraction in time. I am glad you kept it. Now frame the picture beside it.
TnMountains